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AN ORDINANCE CLOSING PORTIONS OF TROTTER, HYMAN AND DUNCAN STREETS. WHEREAS, Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority has made application to vacate, close and discontinue the hereinafter described portions ~of Trotter, Hyman and Duncan Streets; and WHEREAS, by resolution of this Council adopted August 9, 1988, viewers were appointed pursuant to Section 15.1-364, Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, to view the hereinafter described portions of said streets and to report in writing whether in their opinion any, and if any what, inconvenience would result from discontinuing said portions of Trotter, Hyman and Duncan Streets; and WHEREAS, the said viewers have reported in writing that in their opinion no inconvenience would result from closing and discontinuing of said streets. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the hereinafter described portions of Trotter, Hyman and Duncan streets be closed and vacated as public streets. Trotter Street Ail that certain piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, known, designated and described as that portion of Trotter Street bounded on the northwest by the extension across Trotter Street of the northwestern line of the property conveyed to th~ Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority by deed from Mamie Blanchard Pierce, etc., et ux., dated November 3, 1982 and recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia in Deed Book 839 at page 620 and bounded on the southeast by its southeastern termination. H_H_H_H~an Street Ail that certain piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the City of Portsmouth, Virginia known, designated and described as that portion of Hyman Street bounded on the north by the southern right-of-way line of Duncan Street and bounded on the south by its southern termination.